Whenever I find a new item (so a couple times per minute), the name of the item appears briefly with a "price tag" showing a number of gold coins. I thought it a bit strange that all these mercenaries hadn't even removed the tags from their equipment, but I was surprised when I found a shop and tried to "return" the item for store credit, they didn't offer me anywhere near the amount that had been on the price tag.

So if that number doesn't tell me how much gold the item is worth, what does it tell me? Is the sale price some percentage of the value that is shown?

I know Dungeon Siege 3 is quite departed from its predecessors, and I have yet to play it, but in Dungeon Siege 2 there was a spell that could turn items on the ground into gold, the amount of which would be determined by your level with that spell class. Perhaps that tag is related to something similar in DS3?
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XantecJun 17 '11 at 13:39